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Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus leads Nemotron 3 Ultra on coding, 44.1 to 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.6 Plus costs 1.2x less per output token ($1.95 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 64 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra Replace Qwen3.6 Plus
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
28
Qwen3.6 PlusQwen
Coding
44.1
Overall
56.2
Output $/M
$1.95
35
vs boards won of 64 shared, 1 tied

Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus: which to pick

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for coding: it scores 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model ANemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.6 PlusQwen44.1/1003 independent benchmarks$1.19 per solved task
Shared results
64
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
7
Qwen3.6 Plus only
19
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Web design, 9.6 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Nemotron 3 Ultra 7.6% against Qwen3.6 Plus 25.6%, 17.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 1.2x apart.
Context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra takes 262K tokens, Qwen3.6 Plus 1M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNemotron 3 UltraBarsQwen3.6 PlusTies
Coding361 tie
Intelligence02
Agentic work13
Reasoning44
Math21
Knowledge63
Web design08
General128
All shared boards28351 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index36
Coding benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
LMArena WebDevNot measured1461Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
AA Coding Index49.354.5Qwen3.6 Plus
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)86.0%86.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)69.0%73.4%Qwen3.6 Plus
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)7.6%25.6%Qwen3.6 Plus
Code migration (Vals AI)4.9%11.1%Qwen3.6 Plus
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%0.0%Tie
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)50.9%53.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
SciCode40.3%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)36.4%43.9%Qwen3.6 Plus
FrontierCode13.6%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdML43.5%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ALE-BenchNot measured670.1Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: coding14681467Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT14681462Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1454Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1463Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1472Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.927.0Qwen3.6 Plus
Epoch Capabilities Index146.0147.3Qwen3.6 Plus
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
Agentic work benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Agentic Index20.1Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)37.7%40.9%Qwen3.6 Plus
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.7%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)15.4%14.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)31.7%32.9%Qwen3.6 Plus
τ²-Bench Telecom83.3%97.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
APEX-Agents22.7%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$5,115Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MCP Atlas63.1%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index44
Reasoning benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond86.1%87.4%Qwen3.6 Plus
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured84.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)86.7%88.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)28.4%27.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)85.4%88.4%Qwen3.6 Plus
Chess puzzlesNot measured14.0%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Mystery game puzzles20.0%12.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts14521448Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert14721454Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14531455Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
Math benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
AIMENot measured94.6%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
OTIS Mock AIME86.7%93.3%Qwen3.6 Plus
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured38.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
ProofBench2.0%Not measuredOnly Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math14571449Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work14611448Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index63
Knowledge benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
MMLU Pro85.8%87.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
LegalBench (Vals AI)82.1%84.2%Qwen3.6 Plus
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)65.5%61.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
TaxEval (Vals AI)73.1%74.7%Qwen3.6 Plus
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.0%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MedCode (Vals AI)38.6%36.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured44.1%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: science14651439Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14561442Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government14521437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance14341430Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
Web design benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websites11451243Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: UI components11351230Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: game dev11381211Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: data viz11411228Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: 3D11311202Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: all code categories11461235Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: SVG10691160Qwen3.6 Plus
Design Arena: ASCII art11001113Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index128
General benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured44.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured77.0%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
IFBench81.4%75.2%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.3%78.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBench90.1%81.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCA36.9%33.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
CL-benchNot measured20.3%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text14451436Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following14181424Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing13991404Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: English14551445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English14271424Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese14971477Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German14721451Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1390Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: Korean13841379Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French14721455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish14551432Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian14171434Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: Polish13851433Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: multi-turn14111438Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: longer queries14371439Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language14061418Qwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13971402Qwen3.6 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkNemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 PlusLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.0013Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.022Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.085Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Nemotron 3 Ultra and Qwen3.6 Plus
SpecificationNVIDIA Nemotron 3 UltraQwen3.6 Plus
MakerNVIDIAQwen
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedJune 4, 2026April 2, 2026
Context window262K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.60$0.325
Output $/Mtok$2.40$1.95
Coding index30.044.1
Independent measurements behind it33
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.19
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nemotron 3 Ultra better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for coding: it scores 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.6 Plus only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nemotron 3 Ultra or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Nemotron 3 Ultra vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?

64 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nemotron 3 Ultra's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.6 Plus's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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